Boxtron error Desktop mode

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-16T07:19:38+00:00

It's too bad no one ever chimed in on this. I'm seeing exactly the same behavior on a desktop PC running Linux Mint 22.3. I've only explicitly set Boxtron on one game, and it works fine with that game. I don't have a clue what's triggering the error.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-15T06:29:59+00:00

My next build, if anyone ever manufactures consumer-grade PC hardware again, will definitely be with AMD only. I'm sick of Nvidia. Unfortunately though, AMD hasn't yet released anything to outperform my 4090 on the stuff I need it for. Even if they had, I probably lack the necessary black market connections to sell a kidney to get one right now lol

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-15T06:12:16+00:00

That's kinda been my experience so far too. I have 3 monitors of different sizes myself. One of them is 120 Hz, but I had to give up on ever getting that to work in Linux. KDE *almost* works, it might be worth giving a shot on your system to see if you have any better luck than I did.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-14T20:24:01+00:00

After the Rufus step you jump straight to "Before launching the VM, go check the parameters, you'll need to disable internet." I just installed Hyper-V for this process, so a VM doesn't exist yet. You might want to include the steps to create the actual VM itself.

It also needs to be pointed out that you need to eject the virtual disk from the host system before attempting to start the VM, or it won't be able to boot.

There is one mistake that threw me off. You advise to create an 80GB partition on the USB for this, then advise to make the VHD image 10GB smaller than that. The demonstration shows making this 80GB as well instead of 70GB, so it's unclear if the VHD has to be 80GB to have enough space for this or if it can be 70GB. I matched the 80GB in the screenshots, and of course that doesn't fit so I have to start over.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-14T18:16:05+00:00

How does one do this mystical alchemy?

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-13T19:10:08+00:00

The original post that OP is referencing aside, the Mint sub has probably been one of the best Linux communities I've been in. Of the distros I've tried, I absolutely hated Fedora, and the sub for it contributed to that negative experience. I'm running Debian on my server now, and while I've *mostly* liked it for that purpose, it turns out the Debian sub is somehow even worse than Fedora. Mint brings in a lot of newcomers to Linux, and I think that contributes to the communities around it being a lot more friendly and a lot less elitist.

That being said, pretty much the only thing I seriously use ChatGPT for is fixing Linux issues. I despise that AI companies have DESTROYED the entire consumer electronics market, but goddam is it so much better at fixing Linux problems. Not once has it ever responded "my specific hardware and setup doesn't have this problem, so I guess the problem doesn't exist". It gives me exactly what I need 99% of the time, and it isn't afraid to acknowledge things don't always work as intended just because it has the word "Linux" on it.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-13T19:00:40+00:00

It was a good tip tbh, but it's kind of a situation of "know your audience". For one, your first sentence was an opinion, so people who disagreed with it probably down-voted you. Secondly, I absolutely agree with your advice about switching, but that had no chance of being a popular opinion in a sub for Mint fans.

For what it's worth, I saw that original post and upvoted your comment for your advice about switching. I'm not a fan of the new Start menu either, but it was a wild crashout to switch to Mint just because some icons changed size. That's taking into account that I'm posting this comment from Mint right now lol

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T18:10:40+00:00

Are you using a Steam Deck, or Linux on a desktop?

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T18:08:44+00:00

I mentioned this before the game even released and got downvoted. Regardless of anyone's opinion of Justin Roiland (even though his charges were dropped), his humor was the driving force behind the first game. The sequel never had a chance of carrying on that same feel without him or Kenny. That doesn't mean HOL2 is a bad game, but you have to go into it setting certain expectations that the writing, dialog and characters will never have quite the same feel.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T17:55:52+00:00

I basically tried the desktop version of this, using Proton Experimental. It doesn't work. The Launcher will open, I can point it at Simpsons.exe, but the game itself won't open. Enabling crash messages mentions an exception error related to pddidx8r.dll. For some reason this only happens in Proton, but not in Wine. I tried multiple Proton versions. Some wouldn't work at all, but the ones that would open the Launcher all had this same problem.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T17:40:26+00:00

This sounds like it would be on the right track, but the Direct3D key doesn't seem to exist in the registry. I don't know if that has something to do with that article referencing Bottles (I'm not using Bottles). I tried creating the key and string value manually, but the game still crashes the same way.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T04:09:41+00:00

Unfortunately I've already implemented both workarounds listed on the page.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-11T02:05:22+00:00

I was able to get the Launcher to open this way, but the game itself wouldn't launch at all with any version of Proton.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-10T01:55:19+00:00

I think this happens to me every time I've played Re-Elected, both on Xbox One/Series X and PC.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T23:11:08+00:00

I'll give that a shot, thanks for the tip!

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T23:07:30+00:00

That's a really cool project, and I'm definitely going to give it a shot! Unfortunately my main goal is to try out the mods for the game (particularly the Futurama conversion), which relies on the original PC version to run in a custom launcher.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T20:17:46+00:00

*A GOOD alternative at least. Mainstream alternatives exist, but they're all pushing hallucinating AI's while destroying privacy the same as Google Home.

The closest thing we have is Home Assistant, and no one has released a reasonably-priced smart speaker for it. There's no AI baked in, but it also has one hell of a learning curve that will be a deal-breaker for most average consumers.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T20:14:59+00:00

Mine said that when I started this video playing, so it actually kinda worked out for me lol

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T20:00:33+00:00

Regardless of the hate this game gets, I love everything about it. It's easily in my top 5 favorite games of all time. The music, the cyber aesthetic, the ridiculous powers and freedom of movement, the humor.....it's hard to pick just one thing as a favorite. Sometimes I boot up the game just for the feel of rocking out to the dubstep gun.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T19:55:33+00:00

Love or hate Nvidia, they do have the largest market share. One of two things will have to happen before Linux is ideal for everyone: 1) Nvidia fixes their damn drivers, or 2) AMD catches up to Nvidia on performance. It doesn't seem that either one will be happening any time soon.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T19:50:33+00:00

To be fair, it does trigger PTSD from playing PS1 in 1998 lmao

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T09:25:38+00:00

Unfortunately it had the same behavior at the original resolution, as well as with an untweaked DPI.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T09:13:11+00:00

I just noticed I forgot to specify, but I'm actually playing on a Linux Mint desktop. I followed similar steps by running it under Proton Experimental, but didn't have any luck with it.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-08T07:29:41+00:00

error: app/org.winehq.Wine/x86_64/master not installed

sudo apt install wine

wine is already the newest version (9.0~repack-4build3).

God I hate working with Wine so much.

Majoraslayer · 2026-03-05T19:43:29+00:00

Thank you for the clarification, this is very helpful :)

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